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Every club has them, super-signings costing many millions or hyped to the moon as the next big thing.

Ultimately, that often proves not to be the case.

With the departure on loan of Royston Drenthe from Reading FC this week, who very much meets the overpaid and overhyped category, we looked at the other players who've joined Royals with high expectations only to disappoint massively.